01-28-09, 08:39 PM | #1 |
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What's the difference between the two?
What's the difference between a finesse jig and reagular jigs? What makes one finesse? And the other nonfinesse?
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a regular jig has plenty of strands of rubber in the skirt, like 60-80 and usually hang over each side of the hook.
A finesse jig has much fewer strands of rubber and sometimes has the ends sticking up around the lead head part of the jig...kinda like matching the hatch or dealing with water clarity sometimes you need a big profile bait and other times a small finesse size jig |
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Looks bulkier, bigger profile
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Yes, it flairs out a lot more. I don't think that we have crawdads that big up here so 40 strand skirts seem to work really well. You can make your jig a finesse jig with a pair of scissors if you like, thin the skirt a little and cut the skirt short on the front. Sometimes the finesse jigs have a lighter wire hook too.
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everyone pretty much nailed it. a finesse jig seems to get me more bites where a regular skirt tends to be more of a quality fish bait. in no way am i saying that big fish won't bite a finesse jig because the will, in fact i have caught some of my biggest fish on finesse jigs and i have caught some dinks on a regular skirt. something that wasn't mentioned is fall rate. the more skirt material you have on your jig the slower it will fall, i like to start with a very full skirt and thin the skirt out until i get the fall rate i want. for me the amount of skirt material is just as much about fall rate as it is about profile and that goes for a finesse jig or regular jig.
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I tie a finesse jig using only 6-7 strands of silicone, but instead of ending the front strands near the head I bend them back past the hook and trim them about a quarter inch behind the hook, then let them go. They pop out in front of the thread the same distance forward from the thread as the back ones go the same distance aft. I add 5 strands holographic gold flashabou tied the same as the silicone, fore and aft length being identical. I use 1/16 and 1/8 ounce jigheads in charteuse and tie with red thread. The belly legs (2) tied underneath are white, then on top I tie three amber with gold glitter and two chartreuse on top of that. Between the moving legs and the flashabou, it's a very lively jig. So far, crappie, largemouth, smallmouth and rainbow trout. The crappie was caught unadorned, the largemouth and rainbow were with the jig tipped with a white grub, and the smallie was on the jig tipped with a live minnow.
I also tie the same jig on a 1/0 jighook with a minnow shaped head. On a steady retrieve, the jig offers a lot of movement with the front silicone legs bending back....moving slowly on the bottom, the front ones catch and release providing a crawling leg appearance. |
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Mac2, those jigs sound killer!
Like you, I also like using a lighter jig when the bass get finicky. ~Mark |
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I also tend to look at a finesse jig as being 1/8-1/4 oz in weight, while my standard go to jigs are 1/2-1 oz in weight. And all my finesse jigs have no strands that go past the head nor past the hook. Trailers are usually just a single tail grub for me trimmed down some.
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Could you put on a spinner bait skirt on a jig head to make a fineness jig.
I have a bunch of black spinner bait skirts that I don't use. How would they work if I put on in backwards?
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Woody, Mac is affectionately known around here as Dr. Mac-n-stein. He comes up with some unusual ideas that really work. I've learned when he speaks I listen. He told me about using a certain color nail polish on a clear torpedo-type bait that really works well.
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Finess means lighter smaller
This should not be a hard concept to figure out.
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JB post pretty much covered it. I'm just throwing in a picture for those who need a visual aid (sorry it's not the best pic). Here's a 1/2 oz football jig with 80 strands and a Round head jig with 10 strands and Smallie Beaver trailer. The smaller of the two could be considered "finesse".
C-rig - Nice color combo on the football jig. Sorry the photo is so dark. Can't wait to test them out. Possibly this weekend but the tow vehicle is a little under the weather and is going in to see the doc on Friday. |
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3d, aren't c-rigs awesum?!?!? i think so, gonna try em THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY!!!WISH ME LUCK GANG!!
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all i know is that jigs are a big fish lure. finesse or traditional. to me any jig that is light weight can be used as a finesse jig. but im not really a jig fisherman unless i absolutely have to. and im sure some one will lecture me on how im missing out. but i only tie one on if thats all they will bite.
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i also meant to mention all this talk lately about jig fishing is making me want to do to like it a little more.
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